Patents by Inventor David Shapiro

David Shapiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200014799
    Abstract: Systems for call processing access and provide structured data about a customer to a representative, where the data is configured and presented through an optimized network are provided. The disclosed call processing systems provide a tailored, interactive graphical user interface (GUI) that provides access to specific user-focused internal and external data resources, presented to the representative, to allow the representative to drive conversations and address the customer's needs quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Lee Baker, David Shapiro, Lee A. Butterworth, Siddhartha Bothra, Matthew N. Horton, Wayne White, Thomas John Allenburg, Leslee Matthews, Lisa Marie Heath
  • Publication number: 20190353048
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly or shroud assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine wherein a hanger includes a radially depending and axially extending arm. The arm or retainer engages a pocket formed in a shroud so as to retain the shroud in a desired position relative to the hanger. An aft retaining structure is provided on the hanger and provides a seat for a seal structure which biases the retainer so that the arm of the hanger maintains engagement in the shroud pocket. A baffle may be utilized at the hanger to cool at least some portion of the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jason David SHAPIRO, Jonathan David BALDIGA
  • Patent number: 10465558
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly or shroud assembly is provided for components which may be formed of materials having differing coefficient thermal expansion. The assembly includes a multi-piece hanger including a shroud positioned in a cavity between a first hanger portion and a second hanger portion. A shroud may be formed of a low coefficient of thermal expansion material which may have a differing coefficient thermal expansion than the material defining the shroud hanger. The shroud is deflected by an axial force acting between the hanger and the shroud which also forms a seal. The seal compensates for differing rates of thermal growth between the shroud and the hanger throughout the engine operating envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Michael John Franks, David Scott Stapleton
  • Patent number: 10447852
    Abstract: Systems for call processing access and provide structured data about a customer to a representative, where the data is configured and presented through an optimized network are provided. The disclosed call processing systems provide a tailored, interactive graphical user interface (GUI) that provides access to specific user-focused internal and external data resources, presented to the representative, to allow the representative to drive conversations and address the customer's needs quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Lee Baker, David Shapiro, Lee A. Butterworth, Siddhartha Bothra, Matthew N. Horton, Wayne White, Thomas John Allenburg, Leslee Matthews, Lisa Marie Heath
  • Patent number: 10422244
    Abstract: In one aspect the present subject matter is directed to a system for cooling a turbine shroud. The system includes a cooling medium source that provides a cooling medium, and a turbine shroud support assembly that includes a shroud support ring. A shroud seal is coupled to the turbine shroud support assembly. The shroud seal includes a back side surface and an inner surface. A pin extends at least partially through the shroud support ring towards the back side surface. The pin includes a flow passage having an inlet that is in fluid communication with the cooling medium source and an aperture that is disposed downstream from the inlet. The aperture is oriented to direct a flow of the cooling medium out of the flow passage in a flow direction that is non-perpendicular to the back side surface of the shroud seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jason David Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20190279481
    Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring the health of a sleeping child are presented. The system can include a camera configured to capture images. The system can include an environmental sensor such as a humidity or temperature sensor. The system can include a microphone. The system can include a processor configured to receive and analyze the images and data to determine (i) a plurality of biometric parameters relating to the child including at least length of sleep, sleep quality, sleep cycle information, and a breathing pattern, and (ii) whether the local environment falls within predetermined temperature or humidity limits. The system can include a remote notification device configured to provide information relating to the biometric parameters and the local environment to a user located out of sight of the child. A confidence level of a subject presence determination may be adjusted based on biometric analysis of a candidate subject location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Silberschatz, David Carl Janssens, Evan David Shapiro, Adam Daniel Carlucci
  • Patent number: 10400619
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly or shroud assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine wherein a hanger includes a radially depending and axially extending arm. The arm or retainer engages a pocket formed in a shroud so as to retain the shroud in a desired position relative to the hanger. An aft retaining structure is provided on the hanger and provides a seat for a seal structure which biases the retainer so that the arm of the hanger maintains engagement in the shroud pocket. A baffle may be utilized at the hanger to cool at least some portion of the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Jonathan David Baldiga
  • Publication number: 20190255071
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to obeticholic acid formulations with improved stability, dissolution, and/or solubility, methods of preparing the same for use and methods of treating various diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Gail Lancaster, Kay K. Olmstead, Masashi Kagihiro, Mitsuhiro Matono, Ikuko Taoka, Mark Pruzanski, David Shapiro, Roya Hooshmand-Rad, Richard Pencek, Cathi Sciacca, Lise Eliot, Jeffrey Edwards, Leigh A. MacConell, Tonya K. Marmon
  • Patent number: 10378387
    Abstract: A shroud support system with load spreading comprises a shroud hanger having a first wall and a second wall spaced apart in an axial direction by a retainer support wall, a ceramic matrix composite shroud segment disposed in the shroud hanger between the first and second walls and the retainer support wall, a retainer having circumferentially spaced first and second bolt holes, the retainer passing through the shroud, first and second bolts passing through the shroud hanger and engaging the first and second bolt holes of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan David Baldiga, Jason David Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20190226349
    Abstract: Flow path assemblies and methods for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises a unitary outer wall including combustor and turbine portions that are integrally formed as a single unitary structure; a single piece, generally annular inner band; and a plurality of nozzle airfoils extending from the unitary outer wall to the inner band. Each nozzle airfoil interfaces with the inner band to position the inner band within the assembly. An exemplary assembly method comprises inserting an inner band into a flow path having a unitary outer wall as its outer boundary; inserting a plurality of nozzle airfoils into the flow path; and securing the nozzle airfoils with respect to the unitary outer wall. The inner band interfaces with an inner end of each nozzle airfoil to radially locate the inner band within the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Brandon ALIanson Reynolds, Jonathan David Baldiga
  • Patent number: 10309244
    Abstract: A shroud and shroud hanger are provided wherein at least the shroud is formed of ceramic matrix composite material. The shroud and hanger extend in a circumferential direction. A generally C-shaped clip extends radially to retain the hanger and shroud together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Roger Lee Doughty, Michael John Franks
  • Patent number: 10298227
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuitry to perform a high current and/or a high voltage switching. The circuitry includes a first Gallium Nitride (GaN) on a silicon (Si) substrate lateral field effect transistor. A source terminal of the first GaN lateral field effect transistor on the Si substrate includes an electrical connection to backside of P-type Si substrate through a high voltage isolated resistor that is coupled to a source terminal or a second resistor that is operably coupled to a drain terminal and a substrate terminal. The high voltage isolated resistor and the second resistor cause to a leakage current from the drain terminal to the source terminal via a buffer layer. The leakage current equalizes the voltage drop on the first GaN lateral field effect transistor on the Si substrate to a voltage drop on a serially connected second GaN lateral field effect transistor on the Si substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VISIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Gregory Bunin, David Shapiro, Lev Stessin
  • Patent number: 10253641
    Abstract: Flow path assemblies for gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall; a unitary outer wall; and a plurality of nozzle airfoils having an inner end radially opposite an outer end. The unitary outer wall defines a plurality of outer pockets each configured for receipt of the outer end of one of the nozzle airfoils, and the inner wall includes defines a plurality of inner pockets each configured for receipt of the inner end of one of the plurality of nozzle airfoils. A portion of each inner pocket is defined by a forward inner wall segment and an aft inner wall segment. In another embodiment, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall defining a plurality of bayonet slots that each receive a bayonet included with each of a plurality of nozzle airfoils that are integral with a unitary outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Donald Brett Desander, Edward Charles Vickers
  • Publication number: 20190101016
    Abstract: A rotor assembly apparatus that includes a rotatable component and a ring-shroud. The rotatable component is mounted for rotation about a first axis. The ring-shroud defines an inner surface that surrounds the rotatable component and that defines a second axis. A sensing system is configured to monitor the position of the first axis relative to the second axis. A casing surrounds the ring-shroud and an actuation system is configured to move the ring-shroud relative to the casing, in response to the sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Jason David Shapiro
  • Patent number: 10247019
    Abstract: Flow path assemblies and methods for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises a unitary outer wall including combustor and turbine portions that are integrally formed as a single unitary structure; a single piece, generally annular inner band; and a plurality of nozzle airfoils extending from the unitary outer wall to the inner band. Each nozzle airfoil interfaces with the inner band to position the inner band within the assembly. An exemplary assembly method comprises inserting an inner band into a flow path having a unitary outer wall as its outer boundary; inserting a plurality of nozzle airfoils into the flow path; and securing the nozzle airfoils with respect to the unitary outer wall. The inner band interfaces with an inner end of each nozzle airfoil to radially locate the inner band within the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Brandon ALlanson Reynolds, Jonathan David Baldiga
  • Publication number: 20190084892
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite article includes a chemical vapor infiltration ceramic matrix composite base portion including ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having between 0% and 5% free silicon. The ceramic matrix composite article further includes a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite covering portion including a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a greater percentage of free silicon than the chemical vapor infiltration ceramic matrix composite base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Suresh Subramanian, Mark Eugene Noe, James Dale Steibel, Jason David Shapiro, Brandon ALlanson Reynolds, Kurtis C. Montgomery, Jared Hogg Weaver, Daniel Gene Dunn
  • Patent number: 10233844
    Abstract: In one aspect the present subject matter is directed to a system for thermally shielding a portion of a shroud assembly for a gas turbine. The system includes a shroud support having a forward wall that includes a front side that is axially spaced from a back side and a radially inner surface that extends axially between the front and back sides. A shroud is mounted to the shroud support. The shroud includes a leading edge portion that extends towards the forward wall of the shroud support and a trailing edge portion that extends towards the aft wall of the shroud support. A radial gap is defined between a top surface of the leading edge portion and the radially inner surface of the forward wall. A thermal shield is disposed along a bottom portion of the forward wall and is oriented to face towards a flow of combustion gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Justin H. Bogard, Jason David Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20190076446
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to obeticholic acid formulations with improved stability, dissolution, and/or solubility, methods of preparing the same for use and methods of treating various diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Gail Lancaster, Kay K. Olmstead, Masashi Kagihiro, Mitsuhiro Matono, Ikuko Taoka, Mark Pruzanski, David Shapiro, Roya Hooshmand-Rad, Richard Pencek, Cathi Sciacca, Lise Eliot, Jeffrey Edwards, Leigh A. MacConell, Tonya K. Marmon
  • Publication number: 20190065862
    Abstract: Remote biometric monitoring systems may include a digital camera having a digital sensor, a processor, and a memory, all enclosed in a common housing. The processor of the camera may locally execute one or more algorithms to perform computer vision analysis of captured images of a sleeping subject, thereby determining an activity state of the subject. The activity state may include a sleep state. One or more environmental control devices may be adjusted automatically by the system based at least in part on the activity state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Silberschatz, David Carl Janssens, Evan David Shapiro, Adam Daniel Carlucci
  • Patent number: 10169662
    Abstract: Remote biometric monitoring systems may include a digital camera having a digital sensor, a processor, and a memory, all enclosed in a common housing. The processor of the camera may locally execute one or more algorithms to perform computer vision analysis of captured images of a sleeping subject, thereby determining an activity state of the subject. The activity state may include a sleep state. One or more environmental control devices may be adjusted automatically by the system based at least in part on the activity state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Silberschatz, David Carl Janssens, Evan David Shapiro, Adam Daniel Carlucci